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Material Deprivation· Having a lack of money so you are unable to afford basic necessities and consequently due to the lack of money, you live in overcrowded conditions.…read more

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Basic Statistics· In 2006, only 33% of children receiving free school meals (a measure of poverty within school aged children) gained 5 or more good GCSE's against 61% of children not on free school meals.· A lack of money at home can lead to truancy in many children for several different reasons e.g. work, child care. This truancy then leads to expulsion and then many of these expellees never return to the education system.· Nearly 90% of all failing schools are situated in deprived areas.…read more

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Housing· Housing situations can affect a child directly and indirectly. Overcrowding is often a big issue in working class homes as many people can sleep in one room where they are all different ages and genders. This over crowding can mean that the child doesn't get enough sleep which then leads to lack of concentration in schools. Or there could be no where to concentrate to complete homework so they are behind in school compared to middle class children. These places are often unsafe so there is nowhere for the child to play and explore which stops them from being educationally stimulated.· Many working class families are constantly on the move so this can disturb the child making them unsettled, unable to concentrate and consequently lacking in educational development.· Poor housing situations often affect the child's health. For example living in a rough council estate can lead to psychological damage through what they may of seen. Whilst the usually damp, cold conditions often make the child more prone to infections and once they are ill, it is very difficult for them to fully recover due to lack of sleep and unsuitable conditions.…read more

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Diet and Health· Having a lack of money often means that you can't buy sufficient food that is recommended daily for you child e.g. fruit and vegetables, whole grains etc. This often means that the child lacks in certain minerals and nutrients making them more likely to get ill. This lack of decent food then often means that they have a lack of energy, which then leads to lack of concentration and lack of enthusiasm towards education and exploration. This is believed by Howard.· Wilkinson believed that living in a poorer home often led to emotional or behavioural issues. He did a study where he found out that many children that have ADHD and other behavioural/ emotional issues came from working class/ lower social backgrounds. These issues then lead to labelling, lack of educational development and therefore failure.…read more

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Costs of Education· Due to lack of money, many working class families can't afford equipment (new or old). If the child has new/ old equipment e.g. trainers, it can lead to severe embarrassment for them and therefore don't want to participate in activities within school, which leads to educational failure.· Also going on trips ,which many of their middle class school peers can go on, are very limited for the working class child as they can't go on to the trips as the money needs to be spent elsewhere that is more important.· It is believed that 20% of children entitled for free school meals don't accept them. This may be due to the humility of not having enough money. Although these benefits do help, it can cause extreme embarrassment for the child which leads to not trying at school.· Even after compulsory education, the working class child will struggle with getting to college, affording equipment, even wearing your own clothes due to lack of money at home and more recently the scrapping of Educational Maintenance Allowance. This may be the reason for so many working class children leaving school at 16. Then at university they may struggle to cope with the debt after university and even then there may not be a job at the end of it. This may contribute to the circle of "failure" within working class societies.…read more